MORGAN: March 3 a critical date for citizen journalism

6:43 PM,
Mar. 1, 2013

Written by

Clay Morgan

March 3 is, in my view, a pretty important day in the annals of citizen journalism.

On March 3, 1991, George Holliday witnessed police officers beating a man and pulled out his video camera and began taping it from a nearby apartment balcony.

The video showed five police officers repeatedly striking a man on the ground and other police officers standing around not stopping the incident. The video was aired around the world, spurred public outrage and highlighted police brutality. ...